This video published by the Royal Caribbean, depicts the installation of the ship’s massive propellers for its azipod propulsion system. Designed especially for the Chinese market, Spectrum of the Seas will be the largest and most expensive ship in Asia when it sails from Shanghai, China starting in June 2019.
Now, Spectrum of the Seas is nearing completion, as it was floated out of the dry dock on February 25, 2019, to start the next phase of construction at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Spectrum will be delivered in April 2019, and will be operating in the Chinese market.
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The dry dock was filled with 277,000 cubic metres of water, which equals to 86 olympic-sized swimming pools.
Two tugboats, with 9,000 horsepower each, pulled the ship out of the dry dock.
However, at a speed of only 1 knot, Spectrum of the Seas was moving slightly faster than a sloth.
Now, the ship will undergo its final touches before being delivered in April.